There was a clash between the teams of Baroda and Gujarat in the first of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1982-83. The two teams played the match at Baroda from 20-22 November, 1982 and the Baroda team won the match with a margin of an innings and 44 runs. The Baroda team earned the entire 9 points from the match, as well. The Bombay and Maharashtra teams appeared in the next match of the zone and the match was held at Kolhapur from 20-22 November, 1982. The drawn match earned the Bombay and Maharashtra teams 5 and 3 points, respectively from it. The Maharashtra team appeared in the third match of the West Zone also and this time, it played against the Baroda team at Baroda from 27-29 November, 1982. The Baroda team earned 8 valuable points from the match, by winning it with a huge margin of 9 wickets. The match between the teams of Saurashtra and Gujarat was the fourth of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1982-83 and the match took place at Surat from 28-30 November, 1982. The Saurashtra team earned the entire 9 points, by winning the closely contested match with a narrow margin of only 3 wickets. The Bombay team then played against the Baroda team in the next match of the zone and the match was held at Thane from 04-06 December, 1982. The Baroda and Bombay teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the drawn match. The Maharashtra and Saurashtra teams then clashed with each other in the next match of the zone that was held at Surendranagar from 04-06 December, 1982. The winner of the match was the Maharashtra team with a margin of 5 wickets and the match saw the team earning 8 valuable points, as well. The Saurashtra team appeared in the seventh of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1982-83 also and this time, it played against the Baroda team at Baroda from 11-13 December, 1982. The match remained drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Baroda and Saurashtra teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The Bombay and Gujarat teams locked their horns together in the next match of the zone that was held at Bombay from 11-13 December, 1982. Playing very well in the match, the Bombay team clinched a victory of an innings and 66 runs for earning the full 9 points from it. The Bombay team then played against the Saurashtra team in the next match of the zone at Jamnagar from 18-20 December, 1982. The drawn match saw the Bombay team earning 5 points and Saurashtra earning 3 points from it. The last of the West Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1982-83 saw a clash between the teams of Maharashtra and Gujarat at Nasik from 18-20 December, 1982. The match also remained drawn during the specified period of time and the match officials awarded the Maharashtra and Gujarat teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. |